“Heavier trucks could start using the nation’s highways and bridges if a bill to increase tractor trailer weights from 40 to 45 tons passes Congress.
The measure, which was voted out of a congressional committee in May 2023, is being supported by a coalition of shippers, manufacturers, agribusinesses and trade groups that contends allowing heavier trucks would make those industries more productive.
Opponents, which include several members of the New Jersey congressional delegation and Hunterdon County commissioners, are concerned about what heavier trucks would do to worsen the condition of aging bridges and highway pavement and about highway safety.”